Narrative means story and a narrative poem tells a story. Lots of poems are mainly about thoughts and feelings and not about telling a story, so this is a key difference. Key features of narrative ...

Recently, the Narrative Matters section of Health Affairs held a poetry contest – our second ever. We had a wonderful response, with more than 170 poems submitted. The winning poems are published in ...

Justine Kurland, “Family Portrait at Family Campground” (2009) (all images courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash) The following email exchange with the photographer Justine Kurland focuses on ...